Senate Bill S7566

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Grants free use of passenger transportation facilities within New York city to New York city correction officers

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-S7566 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Transportation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §135-a, Transp L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
S1897

2011-S7566 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the Long Island Rail Road and every public transportation authority in a city with a population of one million or more receiving operating assistance shall adopt rules and regulations providing that use of any of its facilities transporting passengers be free of charge for persons who display an authorization shield and identification card evidencing that they are correction officers of the city of New York department of correction and are performing their official duties or are on their way to or from performing their official duties.

2011-S7566 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S7566 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7566

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 5, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to  providing  fares
  free of charge to certain correction officers on passenger transporta-
  tion facilities operated by certain public transportation authorities

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  The transportation law is amended by adding a new  section
135-a to read as follows:
  S  135-A.  FREE USE OF PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES OPERATED BY
CERTAIN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES.   THE LONG ISLAND  RAIL  ROAD
AND EVERY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY LOCATED IN A CITY WITH A POPU-
LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE RECEIVING OPERATING ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO
SECTION  EIGHTEEN-B  OF  THIS CHAPTER SHALL, NOT LATER THAN MARCH FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, ADOPT REGULATIONS PROVIDING THAT USE  OF  ANY  OF
ITS FACILITIES TRANSPORTING PASSENGERS BE FREE OF CHARGE FOR PERSONS WHO
DISPLAY  AN AUTHORIZATION SHIELD AND IDENTIFICATION CARD EVIDENCING THAT
THEY ARE  CORRECTION  OFFICERS  OF  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY  DEPARTMENT  OF
CORRECTION  AND  ARE PERFORMING THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES OR ON THEIR WAY TO
OR FROM PERFORMING THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES.
  S 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10383-03-2

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